FRENCH SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY

Still life with chicks.Oil on panel.25 × 29.5 cm.Provenance:
Private collection, Switzerland.

Condition:
Oil on panel, cradled. Paint surface shows a degree of wear in places, with a fine network of craquelure. At the upper centre margin a small hole was repaired and retouched, probably from a former hanging. Colour abrasions along the edges.
Under UV: only a few small retouchings along the edges are visible under the strongly fluorescent varnish.
Overall condition good.
Dimensions with frame: 37.5 × 41.5 cm.